Author, feminist and Liberal Democrat activist

I gave birth to my first daughter at the end of 2008. As I sat there holding my newborn and filling in her baby book, one of the questions asked about memorable events of the year she was born. The first thing I wrote down was the election of the first African American President of… Continue reading A Love Letter To America

I joined the Liberal Democrats in 2015, before the Brexit referendum had been called. As a new member of the party at that point, I was proud of the party’s stance on the EU, and fervently supported the Remain campaign. I found it deeply frustrating that Jeremy Corbyn, the Leader of the Opposition, seemed satisfied… Continue reading Brexit, the Lib Dems and the Second Referendum

There is little a Tory MP can do to shock me these days, but the dubious honour of achieving precisely that goes to Andrea Leadsom MP, Leader of the House of Commons. Leadsom was invited onto Newsnight, and the conversation was dominated by talk of Brexit and the government’s apparent failure thus far to define… Continue reading On the conundrum of patriotism and Brexit

I think it would be fair to say that when Theresa May called a snap election just a few short months ago, she never would have imagined this was where she would find herself nine days after polling day. Her majority destroyed, she stands as the sole figurehead of a government that is crumbling to… Continue reading May Must Go

I joined the Liberal Democrats after listening to Nick Clegg’s speech upon resigning as leader of the party following the 2015 General Election. I had always voted for the Lib Dems, but on that day Nick inspired me to do more than just put my X in the box every few years. I knew I… Continue reading Tim Farron’s Resignation

Firstly, let me congratulate the 12(!) Liberal Democrat MPs who will be representing us in this Parliament, however long the term may be. It was a huge achievement in the current political climate for the party to increase its number of MPs by 50% on the previous General Election, and it’s testament to the hard… Continue reading Dissecting the General Election – Part One